Somewhere A Clock Is Ticking
July 24th, 2006
i’ve just come back from a little weekend getaway. it was nice, lovely. very pigeonhole-like. would love to say it was one of those escapist getaways but it wasnt. i wish there was some way i could rid myself of my mind, or like, sort of just switch it off whenever situations call for a no-thinking disposition. but that’s not gonna happen anytime soon. cos i’m evolving into a cautious person, one who is always alert for the slightest sign. a sign that says, okay, this is when you stop. this is when you leave.
even in my sleep i’m not safe from this.
(btw, kenny, saw you at the airport. hehe)
i think the most defining moment of this little vacation was this part where my mood just plummeted, and i didnt feel like doing anything or saying anything. i just stood at the edge of the water and allowed myself to be consumed by the darkness of the sea and the sky that sort of merges into one big black expanse if you stare long and hard enough. the horizon disappears when you try hard to distinguish it. the nothingness swallows you if you let it.
of course, that wasnt my favourite moment of the weekend. i think it was the worst. and it spoilt the weekend. i’m so upset about it.
on a lighter note, we went to this fortune teller person who read my palm and my face. his biggest advice for me, besides that i shouldnt commit to any relationship before the age of 26, is that i should forever live a life of alkalic foods. apparently right now i turn blue litmus papers a bright red colour, and that’s not good.
the weekend passed by too quickly. i’ve got a slight panicked feeling, a stronger hurt feeling, and an underlying blissful feeling.
22 Comments Add your own
1. DLT2 | July 24th, 2006 at 2:49 pm
Simple weekend getaways are always one of the best around to do. It has this charm that makes you wanna hang around just a little longer.
My weekday getaways are never fun =/ I’ll blame my budget on that xD Had fun there?
2. reallybites | July 24th, 2006 at 3:28 pm
iamleavingtomrrrrrrrr kaka :P
3. Bunni3 | July 24th, 2006 at 5:17 pm
Heyaaaa hun!!!
Are you gonna listen to the fortune teller and not get into a relationship till 26?
:( That would have sucked majorly tho!
4. Adrian C | July 24th, 2006 at 10:15 pm
You’ve got a great eye Pinkpau. Very very talented.
5. meanoldman | July 24th, 2006 at 11:00 pm
i very heart you. why u hurting?
6. Liz | July 25th, 2006 at 1:01 am
the pictures are really nice! and you sound like you had a really fantastic weekend. =) are you gonna heed to the fortune teller’s advice? hehe
7. kristof | July 25th, 2006 at 1:51 am
he can read your acidity through your palm and face? thats just wrong
8. pinkpau | July 25th, 2006 at 2:14 am
DLT2 : yes! the charm! you are so right :D hey weekend getaways arent usually very expensive wat.. and yea i had a nice time :)
reallybites : U MUST MEET ME I DONT CARE
bunni3 : haha of course i’m not going to listen to him .. he was such a quack. but he has presented me with a most brilliant way out of sucky relationships .. ’sorry dear, i would love to commit but my fortune teller says not till i’m 26…’
adrian c : nah .. not at all :) i just click away for fun and to remember what i did on trips
meanoldman : you very heart me .. haha you gotta do better than that..
liz : haha nooo i am not! and omg u know what was the best part of my weekend?! this BUBUR DURIAN i had!! hahaha
kristof : i know! at least run a litmus paper test on me lah. or universal indicator. he’s damn not scientific wan. tried to bluff me by saying the cerebellum secretes hormones.. and i’m like NO it’s the *hypothalamus* that secretes hormones ……
9. s!mple cheryl | July 25th, 2006 at 5:23 am
getaways are really good, its no where near reality at times..only when u find out that it’s a Sunday *boo*
no relationships till 26 !? no way !
10. pinkpau | July 25th, 2006 at 1:12 pm
simple cheryl : i know!! :( time passes so quickly during the times you want it to stop.
11. Kelvin | July 25th, 2006 at 1:26 pm
hmm penang ah? nice shots but a wee bit too saturated
12. Kyels | July 25th, 2006 at 5:38 pm
I am glad to hear that you had had a nice getaway. And yep, time pass us by really quickly and I cannot believe that it’s already Tuesday now!
Mmmm … Why are you hurtin’? Is everythin’ okay?
*huggles*
13. Waifon | July 25th, 2006 at 7:06 pm
I think it’s Penang too! cos I can recognise that beca. It’s at that Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion right? The Feng Shui galore place. Correct me if i’m wrong :D but I like that place a lot albeit it’s a lil freaky with all that feng shui stories. haha…nice chairs.
14. Eunice | July 25th, 2006 at 10:04 pm
I love your pictures, very vivid colours! Do you set it on a certain mode or edit your pictures? Also, what camera do you use? I keep telling myself I need a better camera to take good shots but the reality might be that my procrastinating self is just finding an excuse not to start heh.
‘Weekend getaway’ or just the word getaway possesses a sort of hidden delight to me. The whole idea is very nicely romanticised in my brain, some hidden rustic charm just waiting to be discovered, aaalll by me. and us. ;)
you have a really spiffy way of stringing words together, like pearls. very glad I found your blog! it’s like suddenly stumbling on a hidden treasure I wasn’t expecting to find. haha, some secret delight. aren’t those the best! :D but sometimes they don’t exactly materialise…
i love your words la! aiya why do your achives only go back to January, when I have free time i shall scour blogs, this one included ;) i need to learn to write well, like you! heh. i likes muuuch how you express things, exactly how we would feel into words! i can never do that for the life of me.
hope you’re feeling oodles and more oodles better!
15. argee | July 25th, 2006 at 11:43 pm
heh, hope ur feelin better =)
where is this place? looks calming.
16. Johann | July 26th, 2006 at 8:28 pm
Cannot marry my wifey till 26… actually, can’t get together with my wifey till then :(
17. pinkpau | July 27th, 2006 at 2:30 am
kelvin : hehe i’m a saturated-pic kinda person
kyels : no everything not ok :( just got worse.
waifon : hehe you know your tourist attractions! we didnt manage to go in tho!
eunice : i set my camera to vivid mode, and adjust ISO and exposure accordingly .. :) am using the canon ixus 500. hehe i’m glad you like my blog! though i’m not that good a writer la :) i just talk a lot of rubbish on my blog .. hehe.
argee : feeling crappier actually :\
johann : that is sooooo long more. lets get married like NOW
18. Kyels | July 27th, 2006 at 10:31 am
Awww … Things are not any better here for me too … But have faith and be strong okay …
*hugs*
19. kennysia | July 28th, 2006 at 5:42 pm
Was that you at the bookshop and near the cafe with a boy? I thought you looked VERRRYYYY familiar!
20. pinkpau | July 28th, 2006 at 7:02 pm
kyels : u too :) *huggss
kennysia : i was in the cafe, and thats where i saw u :)
21. kennysia | July 30th, 2006 at 3:31 pm
You were! You were wearing blue or something! I was en route to Hong Kong. Say hi next time lah!
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